'이태원클럽 코로나' 집단감염, 86명으로 증가<br /><br />South Korea authorities are scrambling to contain a new coronavirus outbreak, searching for thousands of people who may have been infected in a cluster of cases linked to nightclubs and bars in the capital Seoul.<br />Nearly 90 COVID-19 cases have been reported to be linked to the Itaewon, a popular nightlife district in Seoul.<br />Our very own Choi Won-jong is on the scene tonight. Won-jong, are you at one of the clubs linked to the latest cluster infection?<br />Conn-young, right now I am standing in front of one of the clubs that a 29-year-old COVID-19 patient visited last Friday. As you can see behind me, there is a sign on the door, saying the place is currently closed due to the recent cluster infections.<br />As of Monday, the Central Disease Control Headquarters said that the total number of COVID-19 cases in connection with Itaewon clubs is now at 86. But an official said nearly 35% of all total cases are asymptomatic.<br />Just in Seoul today, there are 21 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, which brings the total connected with Itaewon to 51.<br />The streets are mostly empty right now. I talked to the owner from one of the restaurants here. He said that they usually get more than a hundred customers per day, but after the cluster infection at the nearby clubs, there has been a drop of almost 80-percent.<br />Wonjong, the mayor of Seoul has been pleading with clubgoers to be tested promising that personal information would be protected and warning that people caught evading testing could be fined.<br />What's it like there at the Yongsan-gu District office health center? We've been hearing that several thousand still need to be tested.<br />We visited Yongsan-gu District office on the way here, where we saw a long line of people who are getting ready to be tested. We met two college students from Denmark and one explained why they came to get tested today.<br />"So the whole school doesn't get infected because we are living in dorms. We are in contact with many people everyday."<br />Yongsan-gu office officials said on the phone today,...more than 7-hundred people came to get tested over the last weekend. However, health authorities are still worried that more than 3-thousand people, who may have been exposed to the virus in Itaewon, are not coming forward for testing.<br />Seoul Mayor, Park Won-soon, said Monday that the city will provide free, anonymous testing but in the meantime, health authorities are continuing to urge people to get tested at local health centers right away.<br />Choi Won-jong, reporting live from Itaewon, Seoul. Back to you, Conn-young.<br />Thanks, Wonjong. Great job.<br />
